Order of Larry Niven Books
Larry Niven is an American author of hard science fiction, best known for his Ringworld series, which is part of the largely Known Space universe. Much like Isaac Asimov, his books follow a set of rules, which include:
- Never fire a laser at a mirror.
- Giving up freedom for security is beginning to look naive.
- It is easier to destroy than to create.
- Ethics change with technology.
- The only universal message in science fiction: There exist minds that think as well as you do, but differently.
Larry Niven became a published author in 1966 with the novel World of Ptavvs – part of the Known Space universe. Below is a list of Larry Niven’s books in order of when they were originally published (and in chronological order):
Publication Order of Bowl Of Heaven Books
(with Gregory Benford)
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Bowl of Heaven |
(2012) |
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Shipstar |
(2014) |
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Glorious |
(2020) |
Publication Order of Dream Park Books
(with Steven Barnes)
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Dream Park |
(1981) |
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The Barsoom Project |
(1989) |
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California Voodoo Game / The Voodoo Game |
(1992) |
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The Moon Maze Game |
(2011) |
Publication Order of Golden Road Books
(with Jerry Pournelle)
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The Burning City |
(2000) |
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Burning Tower |
(2005) |
Publication Order of Heorot Books
(with Jerry Pournelle, Steven Barnes)
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The Legacy of Heorot |
(1987) |
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Beowulf’s Children / The Dragons of Heorot |
(1995) |
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The Secret of Black Ship Island |
(2012) |
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Starborn and Godsons |
(2020) |
Chronological Order of Heorot Books
(with Jerry Pournelle, Steven Barnes)
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The Legacy of Heorot |
(1987) |
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The Secret of Black Ship Island |
(2012) |
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Beowulf’s Children / The Dragons of Heorot |
(1995) |
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Starborn and Godsons |
(2020) |
Publication Order of Inferno Books
(with Jerry Pournelle)
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Inferno |
(1975) |
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Escape from Hell |
(2009) |
Publication Order of Known Space Books
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World of Ptavvs |
(1966) |
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A Gift from Earth |
(1968) |
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Neutron Star |
(1968) |
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The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton |
(1969) |
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Protector |
(1973) |
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Tales of Known Space |
(1975) |
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The Patchwork Girl |
(1980) |
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Crashlander |
(1994) |
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Flatlander |
(1995) |
Publication Order of Magic Goes Away Books
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The Magic Goes Away |
(1978) |
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The Magic May Return |
(1981) |
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The Time of the Warlock |
(1984) |
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More Magic |
(1984) |
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The Seascape Tattoo |
(2016) |
Publication Order of Moties Books
(with Jerry Pournelle, Jennifer R. Pournelle)
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The Mote in God’s Eye |
(1974) |
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The Gripping Hand / The Moat Around Murcheson’s Eye |
(1993) |
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Outies |
(2010) |
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Publication Order of Ringworld Prequel / Fleet of the Worlds Books
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Fleet of Worlds |
(2007) |
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Juggler of Worlds |
(2008) |
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Destroyer of Worlds |
(2009) |
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Betrayer of Worlds |
(2010) |
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Fate of Worlds |
(2012) |
Publication Order of Ringworld Books
(with Edward M. Lerner)
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Ringworld |
(1970) |
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The Ringworld Engineers |
(1979) |
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The Ringworld Throne |
(1996) |
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Ringworld’s Children |
(2004) |
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Fate of Worlds |
(2012) |
Publication Order of Ringworld Graphic Novels
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Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part One |
(2014) |
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Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part Two |
(2015) |
Publication Order of The State Books
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A World Out of Time |
(1976) |
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The Integral Trees |
(1983) |
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The Smoke Ring |
(1987) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
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Green Lantern: Ganthet’s Tale |
(0) |
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All the Myriad Ways |
(1968) |
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The Shape of Space |
(1969) |
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Inconstant Moon |
(1971) |
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The Flight of the Horse |
(1973) |
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A Hole in Space |
(1974) |
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Convergent Series |
(1979) |
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Limits |
(1985) |
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N-Space |
(1990) |
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Playgrounds of the Mind |
(1991) |
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Three Books of Known Space |
(1996) |
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Scatterbrain |
(2003) |
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The Magic Goes Away Collection |
(2005) |
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The Draco Tavern |
(2006) |
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Stars and Gods |
(2010) |
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Madness from the Inconstant Moon |
(2017) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
(with Steven Barnes)
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A Relic of the Empire |
(1966) |
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The Locusts |
(1979) |
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The Return of William Proxmire |
(1989) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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The Flying Sorcerers |
(1970) |
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Lucifer’s Hammer |
(1977) |
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Oath of Fealty |
(1981) |
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The Descent of Anansi |
(1982) |
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Footfall |
(1985) |
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Fallen Angels |
(1991) |
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Achilles’ Choice |
(1991) |
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Destiny’s Road |
(1997) |
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Rainbow Mars |
(1999) |
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Saturn’s Race |
(2000) |
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Building Harlequin’s Moon |
(2005) |
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The Goliath Stone |
(2013) |
Publication Order of Steven Barnes Short Stories/Novellas
(with Steven Barnes)
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The Locusts |
(1979) |
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Star Wars Saved My Life |
(2015) |
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Publication Order of Man-Kzin Wars Books
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The Man-Kzin Wars |
(1988) |
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Man-Kzin Wars II |
(1989) |
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Man-Kzin Wars III |
(1990) |
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Man-Kzin Wars IV |
(1991) |
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The Children’s Hour |
(1991) |
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Man-Kzin Wars V |
(1992) |
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Man-Kzin Wars VI |
(1994) |
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Man-Kzin Wars VII |
(1995) |
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A Darker Geometry |
(1996) |
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The Best of All Possible Wars |
(1998) |
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Man-Kzin Wars VIII: Choosing Names |
(1998) |
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Man-Kzin Wars IX |
(2001) |
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The House of the Kzinti |
(2002) |
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Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War |
(2003) |
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Man-Kzin Wars XI |
(2005) |
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Destiny’s Forge |
(2006) |
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Man-Kzin Wars XII |
(2009) |
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Man-Kzin Wars XIII |
(2012) |
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Man-Kzin Wars XIV |
(2013) |
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Treasure Planet |
(2014) |
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Man-Kzin Wars XV |
(2019) |
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Publication Order of Star Trek The Newspaper Strip Books
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Star Trek: The Newspaper Comics, Volume 1: 1979-1981 |
(2012) |
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Star Trek: The Newspaper Strip Volume 2 |
(2013) |
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Publication Order of Stellar Books
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Stellar Short Novels |
(1976) |
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Stellar #2 |
(1976) |
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Stellar #3 |
(1977) |
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Stellar #4 |
(1978) |
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Stellar #5 |
(1980) |
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Stellar #6 |
(1980) |
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Stellar #7 |
(1981) |
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Publication Order of Stellar Guild Books
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Tau Ceti |
(2011) |
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On the Train |
(2012) |
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When the Blue Shift Comes |
(2012) |
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New Under the Sun |
(2013) |
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The Aethers of Mars |
(2014) |
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Red Tide |
(2014) |
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Inci |
(2015) |
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Wishing on a Star |
(2015) |
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Publication Order of Isaac Asimov’s Anthology Books
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Isaac Asimov’s Worlds of Science Fiction |
(1980) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Near Futures and Far |
(1981) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Space of Her Own |
(1983) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Fantasy! |
(1985) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Fantasy! |
(1989) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Aliens |
(1991) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Robots |
(1991) |
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Isaac Asimov’s SF-Lite |
(1993) |
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Isaac Asimov’s War |
(1993) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Cyberdreams |
(1994) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Skin Deep |
(1995) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Ghosts |
(1995) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Christmas |
(1997) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Camelot |
(1998) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Detectives |
(1998) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Werewolves |
(1999) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Solar System |
(1999) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Utopias |
(2000) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Father Day |
(2001) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Halloween |
(2001) |
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1966 |
(1966) |
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Dangerous Visions |
(1967) |
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The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction Nineteenth Series |
(1971) |
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More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Vol. 2 |
(1973) |
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Ten Tomorrows |
(1973) |
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Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 1974 |
(1974) |
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Antigrav |
(1975) |
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Stellar #2 |
(1976) |
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The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction |
(1980) |
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The Best of All Possible Worlds |
(1980) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Aliens & Outworlders |
(1983) |
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Berserker Base |
(1985) |
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Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction |
(1985) |
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Robert Adams’ Book of Alternate Worlds |
(1987) |
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The Drabble Project |
(1988) |
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Robert Adams’ Book of Soldiers |
(1988) |
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Alien Sex |
(1990) |
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Time Machines |
(1997) |
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Armageddons |
(1999) |
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We Could Do Worse: A Millennial Collection of Alternate Histories |
(1999) |
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Explorers |
(2000) |
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Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine, July/August 2000 |
(2000) |
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Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, October/November 2000 |
(2000) |
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Analog, September 2002 |
(2004) |
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Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology |
(2006) |
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Space Cadets |
(2006) |
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Under Cover of Darkness |
(2007) |
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Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge |
(2007) |
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Assassin and Other Stories |
(2010) |
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Multiverse |
(2014) |
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The Best of Galaxy’s Edge Magazine 2013-2014 |
(2014) |
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Worst Contact |
(2016) |
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Infinite Stars |
(2017) |
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Space Pioneers |
(2018) |
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The Best of Galaxy’s Edge |
(2018) |
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Infinite Stars |
(2019) |
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Born of the Sun: Adventures in Our Solar System |
(2020) |
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Conversations From the Edge: The Galaxy’s Edge Interviews |
(2021) |